"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (11 Viewers)

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Ukrainian F-16s fly 80% of combat sorties

Ukrainian fighter pilots are pushing the limits of Western airpower, adapting U.S.-made F-16s to the realities of a high-intensity war against Russia. As retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula wrote in Air and Space Forces Magazine, the fighters now account for nearly 80 percent of...

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Ukraine to get air defense systems on Leopard chassis

German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall announced that it will supply Ukraine with additional Skyranger 35 air defense systems mounted on the Leopard-1 chassis, in a contract financed by an EU country using proceeds from frozen Russian assets. Production and integration will take place at...

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQandYCSFOY

 

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Russian Bombs Slam Ukraine’s Most Catholic City

In striking Lviv, Russia revives an old tyranny, the Soviet war on faith, attacking the heart of Ukrainian Catholicism and the broader Christian identity of the nation.

www.forbes.com

 

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Ukraine’s Sea Drones Are Now Launching Unjammable Fiber-Optic Drones

Unjammable fiber-optic FPVs launched from sea drones are giving Ukraine a new way to strike Russian targets inland.

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Russia’s New Missile And Drone Strategy Tests Ukraine’s Air Defenses

Russia has refined its tactics and technology for deep strikes, enabling more of its drones and missiles to breach Ukraine’s air defenses.

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Cubans Could Soon Become Russia’s Largest Foreign Fighting Force

Facing over a million casualties, Russia is sourcing foreign fighters from Cuba to North Korea.

www.forbes.com

 

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How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a demographic crisis and labor shortage, fueled by military casualties, emigration, and a shrinking population with economic impacts.

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As The Drone War Intensifies, Ukrainians Fight To Care For Their Own

The war that transformed Ukraine’s battlefields is now transforming its health care for veterans.

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Ukraine’s Long Range FPVs Leave No Safe Space For Russia

Fixed-wing FPVs are now hitting targets tens of miles behind the front line. This may be the start of another major change in drone warfare.

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Russia Is Shutting Down Its Own Internet To Stop Ukrainian Drones

Ukraine’s long-range drones are forcing Russia to turn off mobile networks, triggering economic chaos.

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Pink Missiles: How Ukraine’s Female Warriors Are Trolling Russia

A batch of bright pink interceptor drones delivered to a female unit are the latest example of Ukraine's woman making their presence visible on the battlefield.

www.forbes.com

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgwoTF7rw4

 

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UK sends hundreds of Martlet LMM air defense missiles to Ukraine ahead of schedule

UK sends hundreds of Martlet LMM air defense missiles to Ukraine five months early to strengthen Kyiv’s short-range air defense against Russian drone attacks

www.armyrecognition.com

 

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Ukraine claims 40 Bohdana artillery systems a month matching combined European production

Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s defense industry now meets 40% of battlefield needs, marking a wartime surge in local arms output as Kyiv seeks independence from forei

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Ukraine deploys Thales Belgium's FZ123 airburst rockets to down Russia’s Shahed drones

Ukraine has begun using Thales’ FZ123 airburst rockets to intercept Russian Shahed drones, adding a low-cost, effective layer to its growing air defenses.

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Ukraine’s ‘Long Neptune’ missile reshapes strike reach with new gaps in Russian air defenses

Ukraine unveiled the Neptune-D cruise missile with a 1,000 km range, boosting its strike capability and signaling a major advance in homegrown weapons design.

www.armyrecognition.com

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HVIXIMsEtw

 

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Tangentially related:

Latvia orders more than 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October

Russian citizens who failed to comply with Riga’s new immigration rules must leave by Oct. 13 or risk deportation.

www.politico.eu

It will be interesting to see Russia's reaction to this.

 

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How Ukraine's European allies fuel Russia's war economy